Improvement in buttons



UNITED STATEs PATENT OEEIOE- ARTHUR W. RROWNE, OF BROOKLYN, AssieNOR To HiMsnLF, J'osEPHL. Moss, OF NEW YORK, AND EDWARD W. Moss, OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTONS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR WILLIAM BROWNE, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Button and Fastening; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciiication,`in which- Figure l represents a vertical cross-sect1on taken through the center of a button constructed and fastened in my improved st vle. Figs. 2 and 3 represent. each a perspective view of the fastening, all ot' the above views being drawn on a larger scale than the natural size.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention has for its object the construction of a button and fastening in such a manner that the button may easily be attached to a dress and be firmly held thereon without the use of sewing, and that it may be detached at will from the cloth by simply pressing upon a small stud projecting above the surface of the button, thus preventing the tender and tine wire-spring fastening from being easily destroyed by persons not accustomed to handle such small instruments; and my improvement consists in fastening to the inner or lower surface of a button a metal plate, which cov ers a hole punched through the center of the button, said plate .only having a narrow slot cut through it to allow the two ends of a bent wire to pass through, said ends being provided with catches, so as to keep them above the metal plate when put through the slot, the main body of the wire acting as a spring to keep its ends apart; and my improvement further consists in so shaping and bending the said wire that it will act as afastening for the button when inserted into the same, and keep it well secured to the cloth; and, finally, in providing a stud which lls the hole cut through the center of the button and constructing it in such a manner thatit will press the ends of the wire together and throw them out of the button when pressed down.

The button A, which may bemade of any suitable material, is provided with a hole cut through its center, said hole being larger in diameter at the bottom, and forming a shoulder, a, as seen in Fig. l. A stud or pin, b, is then passed through the hole from below, a iiange around the bottom of it preventing it from falling out at the top of the button. The iiange on this pin or stud is not as high as the hole below the shoulder a, thus giving the said stud up-and-down play.

A metal plate, c, which is firmly secured to the lower or inner side of the button, closes the hole completely and prevents the pin b from falling out at the bottom.

A fastening, which consists of a wire, B, which is bent in the shape of a circle, of a suitable diameter to secure a firm hold on the cloth, and whose ends, just before meeting in the periphery of the circle, are bent toward the center of the same, and then, when reaching the center, are bent up at right angles, as seen in Fig. 2,` and whose ends are provided with catches d, as shown, is now inserted through a narrow slot cut through the center of plate c. The peculiarshape of this wire, making it act as a spring on its ends, does, when the said ends are passed through the slot, keep them apart, and the catches d will" then iirmly hold the button to the cloth, through which the ends of the wire, of course, have to be passed before being inserted into the button.

Into the lower end of the stud or pin b is bored a cone-shaped hole, its sides parallel to the slanting edges of the catches d, so that when the pin is pushed down the catches will be pressed together, and the fastening thus be released from the button.

The stud or piu b may be omitted, if desired, without interfering with the efiiciency of the fastening itself.

The shape of the spring part of the fastening may be made in different styles, one variation being shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letbiuation with the Wire-spring fastening B, eonters Patent, isstructed substantially as herein 'shown and 1. The combination of the button A, having described.

shouldered opening a, anged stud b,havii1g The above specification of my invention conical depression in its bottom, and slotted signed by me this 23d day of June, 1866. plate c, substantially as described, for the pur- A. W. BROWNE. pose speeied.

2. The studor pin b, for the purpose of detaehiug the button from a dress, and its com- Witnesses WM. F. MCNAMARA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

